Last updated on November 23rd, 2025 at 02:55 pm
Narde – long backgammon – Board Game Review
Narde – long backgammon is a Board/Entertainment/Strategy game from Adikus, first launched in 26th March 2015.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 363+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Narde – long backgammon Stand Out
Experience the strategic depth of the beloved backgammon variant!
◆ Pure Strategy, No Luck
Unlike traditional backgammon, Narde eliminates the element of chance through hitting. Every checker you place is safe, transforming the game into a thrilling race of positioning and tactical blocking. Master the art of building primes, managing your pieces, and outmaneuvering your opponent in this chess-like twist on a classic!
◆ Game Features
Two Ways to Play:
► Solo Mode – Challenge sophisticated AI in matches of 1, 3, 5, 11, or 15 rounds. Perfect your strategy with optional doubling cube!
► Online Multiplayer – Compete globally through Game Center. Start with 2,000 chips and build your fortune one strategic victory at a time!
◆ Authentic Narde Rules:
• Strategic "head" rule – only one checker can leave your starting point per turn
• No hitting – create blocking positions instead of risky blots
• Build powerful primes (but not too powerful – fair play rules apply!)
• Both players race in the same direction for unique tactical challenges
◆ Smart Features:
• One-tap movement with intelligent die ordering
• Advanced random dice algorithm ensures completely fair rolls
• Clean, intuitive interface designed for iOS
• Comprehensive in-game rulebook with strategy tips
• Daily leaderboards to track your dominance
◆ Why Narde?
If you love backgammon but crave more strategy and less luck, Narde is your perfect match. Every game is a battle of wits where superior positioning beats fortunate rolls. Whether you're a backgammon master seeking a fresh challenge or a strategy game enthusiast looking for your next obsession, Narde delivers depth, excitement, and endless replayability.
◆ Build Your Legacy
• Climb the daily leaderboards
• Accumulate chips through skillful play
• Master both aggressive racing and patient blocking strategies
• Join a global community of strategic thinkers
Download now and discover why Narde has captivated players for generations!
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Narde – long backgammon is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th September 2025
Recent improvements include:
• Internal improvements and minor bug fixes
If you're enjoying the game, please leave us a rating and a review in the AppStore.
Download & Availability
Narde – long backgammon is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Narde – long backgammon on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game would be so much better if the dice rolls were random. It feels unfair to lose because you keep rolling the same bad roll and opponent gets 66.
5 on dice- does not allow to move.
Good game. Makes you think diythen backgammon, but when playing Solo against the computer the dice favor the opponent, which is frustrating, but does make it challenging.
We were happy to find this game in an app, but the algorithm is so weird that the value of playing goes to zero.
All good, the only thing is ads, interrupting the game when you want to continue playing with the same opponent. And one more thing not really significant – long online awaiting time. Other than that we love the game.
We like to play long backgammon which is known as narde. Its hard to find narde and especially offline. This is a good simple version of the game.
Their algorithm will pick some players and keep rolling the dice on their favor. Immaturely created dice algorithm. Developers need to study better and create something fair.
Playing with computer is too easy. And extremely bad dice roles playing with people… Then you have to pay if you want to keep playing.
Why we always have to move one when we start from the main line ??!! Like if we get 6*6 we only can get one out .. How this could be in other hand the Computer can move two or three from the main line which is not fair.
Ever since update this game is totally rigged. Now you have to purchase coins to play online and when the odds are in your favor all of a sudden your opponent gets 6 doubles in a row… Come on!?! We have played this game for years and it was truly a fair game. No longer, money talks and Im walkin.
Why do we have to play with a robot if someone quit waste our time not smart.
What the hell happened??? ??????????????? Change back to the original, but with better score system. This app is terrible now.
Either the developers of this app are terrible programmers (dice rolls are obviously not random) or we have the worst of luck rolling the dice (Ill go back to our real wooden board and playing with friends).
You changed the color it is not very correct, the correct color is the tree.
Difficult to see, color contrast is too neutral.
Frankly it is a very interesting game resolution is great the only problem is when playing with opponents you win & get 1.5 or 2.8 points you win 2 times or 3 straight games suddenly a beginner opponent beats you & you loose 5.5 points it is unfair! Sometimes you play for 4 hours & you loose again & again the dice programming makes you in a point that you want to delete the game completely & do not want to play anymore so adjustments may be done Regards.
Your game is unfair .. Smart good moves with one possible hit by apponent is hit odds are loooooonnnng yet that what happens … Plus on regular backgammon the third roll buy apoponant 90 percent of the time is doubles ….. We repeat 3 roll .. Plus same thing happens on one possible out for us again unfair.
Was good at the beginning. Now our opponents roll doubles all the time and we only roll once per whole freaking game. Played three times in a row and it happened.
It was fun at first. But our online opponents are able to have 5,6,7,8,9 tiles blocking our path while we are unable to do that. The game will not allow us to make a move that blocks their path. Its very frustrating that our opponent can literally stop us from making any more progress but we are not able to do the same to them. Not sure why this is but Im done with it. Im just going to delete it. We love the normal backgammon app this company has though, and would recommend it to anyone.
This is an amazing app, but it needs improvements. Adalat, is the new update coming up anytime soon? Daha yaxsi ve gelistirilmis yapa bilersen applarivi. Manda gozel fikirler var :) Sen boyut bu applari, daha cox advertisement yap. Sag ol.
Say it is like backgammon except for where you start. There is a lot more differences than that and the link to the rules does not work and can find nothing online explaining either.
Yeah, it was fun to begin with. If you are familiar with the game (we are), know how to play (we do) and are a good player (we are) then it becomes readily apparent that the more games you play the more you lose. SERIOUSLY rigged for the computer to win after the initial false appearance of fairness. Sad. Save your money and use it toward a game that wont leave such a bad taste in your mouth.
Often unbalanced. Computer have clearly the advantage :(.
Game is very poorly down Im winning every single time Needs to be reprogrammed.
It takes 15 minutes for waiting for an opponent. Unfair dice distribution. Very frustrating.
The pointing system is flawed. We just lost a straight game and was deducted 11 points, right after we won a game (double), we were awarded only 5 points. We wish you could see yours and your opponents statistics. We wish the music will change when the game starts, so that when you're waiting an opponent and get distracted, the change in music will alert you. We lost too many games without noticing that a game had started.
Game works well and autobots are tough, but not impossible.
If you like recognizing patterns and progressions, applying strategy then this is for you. Not your basic backgammon.
Fun game! Took some getting used to compared to the version more commonly played in North America. Like playing online, but some additional instructions would've been appreciated learning the rules. Would also like to see the doubling cube integrated into live play.
The last update contains a lag – it doesn't underline the possible movements. We also believe that there is a problem with dice logic – we just played online with a guy who got 13-14 dices in a row containing 5 or 6.
Requires completely different strategy from regular Backgammon. Fun.
Good game but the ads block the audio book we're usually listening to.
Good game The only thing needs to be fixed is to play online with other players not bots.
The game is very weak. Lower than any lowest level.
This game cheats like crazy. Try it and see for yourself. It's very frustrating when you know that you can beat the game every time, but it rolls exactly the right numbers to win. Very frustrating. We can't stand it anymore. Uninstalling.
Great game! You can play with another players in all time).
The game plays well and seems to be pretty even with first moves and doubles being split between the players. It's quickly becoming our favorite game.
Most of the time this game is very fun. HOWEVER, sometimes when we're playing against ourselves (2players) and one of us rolls doubles which can't be used because the only spaces to which we could move are blocked, it refuses to return to the other player. It should immediately give the roll to the other player. It doesn't. So then 1 have to resign and lose, or start the entire tournament again using "new game." This zeroes the score. The other thing is that the computer is easy to best, no increased difficulty levels are available. Which is shy we play against ourselves. And, sometimes it seems to favor one opponent. Still, fun game.
We're Alex from Chicago, no body can't playing with us!))).
This is a very good app game,especially when you can play online and put your self through challenges.Nice game good job.
We're new to this version of backgammon, but so far we really like it. So far we haven't experienced any obvious cheating like the regular version does. So far, so good.
Fun & challenging, however seems we don't get the high/low rolls when computer gets great rolls. We only won once out of 5 games.
Great game! Love regular backgammon but this is quickly becoming our favorite game. If we had to give a negative it's that it sometimes takes a while to get an opponent. That will hopefully change as more people download the game.
A different refreshing take on an old standard.
A different twist than regular backgammon. Rolls seem to be pretty fair unlike regular backgammon where the rolls seem to be rigged.
Update: DEFINITELY NOT fair dice rolls. No way are they random. This is an unusual variant of backgammon and we find it quite enjoyable. Requires very different strategy. We do question if the dice rolls are truly fair and random.
This is a great game. You will be addicted to it. There's lots of strategy, and there's even a doubling cube. We had never played before, but it's easy to learn.
The game seems too easy. Should be a difficulty option. Otherwise great.
We are so hooked up that we play every day.
Being a long-time Backgammon addict, we were taken by surprise to get the pop-up about this 'Long Backgammon'. We'd never heard of it before, and was skeptical. But we tried it, and had to play it about ten times to figure out the game plan. Well, that was about a month ago, and now we're hooked. Now this is the only kind of Backgammon we play, and that's saying a LOT (ask our husband). The only reason we didn't give it five stars is because just like this developer's (regular) Backgammon game, there are fiddlybits that would certainly be appreciated.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.4.4
- Size: 45.90 MB
- iOS: 17.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, RU, TR
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Simulated Gambling
- Developer: Adikus
Last updated: 11th September 2025 | Genre: Board, Entertainment | Developer: Adikus